Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Wednesday, 3Aug2016: Poulsbo to Fort Flagler

Weather:  Sunny and warm.  Winds:  S 5 becoming W 10kts.  Seas:  <1ft (except when it wasn't).

Departed Poulsbo with the ebb, motoring out Liberty Bay and through Agate Pass.  Made 9kts through Agate with the current!  Motored across Port Madison and into the Sound proper.  Managed a little sail northward under the main and screacher.

Winds picked up as we rounded Point No Point, as did the washing machine.  Stuck close to shore avoiding the largest of the churning.  Once through Skunk Band and past Foul Weather Bluff, the seas calmed and the west wind picked up.

Sailed upwind at 7kts through Oak Bay and the entrance to Port Townsend Canal.  Motored through the canal and then the remaining 3nm to Fort Flagler State Park.    The waterway to the park is wide, but the navigable channel narrow making motoring up the channel interesting and requiring attention to the markers.  Our back up plan was Mystery Bay State Park, further into the bay, but there was no need as six of the seven buoys were open and we selected the one with the most space around it, which was the one closest to the dock!

We very much enjoyed this park, to the point we stayed an extra day!


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